New Anime Series “Death Parade” to Start on January 9

Death Parade, a new TV anime series based on 2013 Anime Mirai‘s “Death Billiard”, will debut on January 9 on Nippon TV. It will then be shown on Sun TV and AT-X on Jan. 13 and 22, respectively. Yuzuru Tachikawa, the creator of the animated short, is also directing the TV series which is produced by Madhouse Studio.

The official website of the anime released two promotional videos, the first which is actually taken from the original Anime Mirai 2013 short film.

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The website has also released the character art and key visual for the upcoming anime series. Tomoaki Maeno will join the cast as the “Bartender/Dekim” together with Rumi Okubo and Yoshimasa Hosoya as Nona and Ginty.